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THE TV INCOME

10 Oct 2016Deportivo collected €31.7 million from the TV during the season 2015/16, it’s the fifth lowest amount among the 20 clubs at Primera and it’s among the lowest in the top-four leagues in Europe.

Sportpaper AS presented a report of the TV income in Spain for the season 2015/16. Later journalist Roberto Bayón revised the numbers and made a comparison with the ones at the top four leagues in Europe during a report published by newspaper La Nueva España.

According to this report, Depor got €31.7 million during last season. This amount includes the TV rights for the campaign plus incentives for the final position at the standings and the ratings. In the end Depor collected the fifth lowest amount in the league, only above Granada, Sporting Gijón, SD Eibar and UD Las Palmas.

Club

TV (millions)

Barcelona

€140.00

Real Madrid

€140.00

Atlético

€69.10

Valencia

€53.80

Sevilla

€48.40

Athletic

€47.90

Villarreal

€41.70

Málaga

€39.00

Real Sociedad

€38.60

Espanyol

€35.60

Betis

€33.90

Levante

€33.80

Celta

€33.00

Rayo

€32.60

Getafe

€32.00

Deportivo

€31.70

Granada

€31.00

Sporting

€29.80

Eibar

€28.30

Las Palmas

€27.70

It is possible to witness some differences at the moment of comparing these amounts with the other three big leagues in Europe. The biggest difference is with England, all the Premier League clubs collected more money than Depor, the club that got less money there is Aston Villa with €86.6 million. This means the villans collected than the double of what Depor received. The explanation is that the Premier League collected €2,130 million worldwide, while la liga only got €967 million.

A more equal situation to la liga can be seen in Italy. The calcio clubs collected €924 million and Deportivo is in the same situation than Spain as it only collected more money than five clubs: US Sassuolo (€31. 1 million), Hellas Verona (€27.5 million), Empoli FC (€26.8 million), Carpi FC 1909 (€22 million) and Frosinone Calcio (€22 million).

There’s a new TV contract for the Spanish clubs that begins in the campaign 2016/17, this new deal means to increase the amount to €1,303 million. It’s superior to what the cubs collect in Italy in Germany, but it’s only the half of the deals in England. This new contract guarantees €40 million to each Primera side, Deportivo previews to collect at least €44 million with the new deal.